My Teacher Alma
Keyboard legend Clarence McDonald begins a series of commentaries on music by introducing us to Alma Hightower, a music teacher who was the backbone of black music in LA.
Dressing a Historic Landmark
John Rabe visits the Gamble House by Greene and Greene in Pasadena, where they're showing how people dressed when the house was built 100 years ago.
The Chemosphere
The Hammer Museum in Westwood is mounting a retrospective of architect John Lautner's work in July. Off-Ramp producer Queena Kim visited his most famous house.
Hammer Happening
If you drove by the Hammer Museum on Wednesday, you might have seen a bunch of people sitting outside in office chairs. Off-Ramp commentator Jackson Musker says it wasn't a surreal fire drill. It was a tribute to artist Allan Kaprow.
The Ninth Old Man Rests In Peace
Off-Ramp commentator Charles Solomon remembers Ollie Johnston, the last of the legendary Disney animators known as the "Nine Old Men."
I Can Garden
Off-Ramp producer Queena Kim goes to plant a garden in a trash can at the LA County Arboretum and runs into legendary horse jockey Laffit Pincay.
The Soloist Hits the Shelves
LA Times' Steve Lopez talks to John Rabe about his new book "The Soloist," which is about a homeless musician he befriended and coaxed into getting help.
Johnie's Broiler Rises Like a Phoenix
More than a year after Johnie's Broiler in Downey was illegally razed, Bob's Big Boy says it's going to rebuild the historical structure. Queena Kim gets the update from Adriene Biondo, president of the LA Conservancy's Modern Committee.
Tag This Wall
KPCC's Brian Watt stumbled across an unexpected piece of local art history on Carolyn Rios's wall in the Oakwood neighborhood of Venice.
Sex on the Beach
Newspaperman Harry Saltzgaver takes us on a grunion run.
The piece was produced by Julia Posey and Jackie Oclaray.
Letters
An Off-Ramp listener tells us how to pronounce Lompoc.
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